Rajkumar
Patra has been writing poems since November of 2011. In addition to
being a creative writer and poet, Rajkumar is also a professional model
and actor.

Rajkumar,
who also goes by Raj and Raja, lives in Bankura, West Bengal. As a
actor-model, Rajkumar has worked in telefilms, TV shows and Bengali TV
serials. He has also worked as a model in some photo-shoot projects.

Rajkumar changed his look (in December 2010) by growing his hair and
worked in a motivational photography project. His poems have been
recently published in a book. Rajkumar is now also involved with a
project with the Tollywood Kolkata Bengali movie industry.

Rajkumar Patra can be contacted by e-mail at rkpatra.rajkumar [at] gmail [dot] com.

The good news and the bad news: Let’s hear the bad news first. No Sam Raimi and no Toby Maguire and of course no Spiderman 4. All rumors of Matt Damon being Spidey 4 are also gone down the drains. The good news, The Amazing Spider-Man is to be released soon and the super bad news is USA will be the last…like Tintin.

Mumbai,
Feb 2, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio) February is probably the favorite
month of the year for most of us who believe in celebrating the love we
have in our lives. This year to celebrate this month, Dharma has come
up with a very unique idea to celebrate love and romance.

I love the millennium park in Chicago; more because of Anish Kapoor and his mind blowing creation ‘Cloud Gate’ that has attracted millions of visitors like me to the city. In fact, when inside the park, one should not look at the watch…ever! It’s a total fun place with variety of entertainment for different kind of people; musical concerts, exhibitions, fun time festivals for kids, architecture, opera or even dance festivals…you name it and its there.

During the first week of our stay in Rotorua, New Zealand, we went around exploring natural geysers, crater lakes, multi-colored sulphur springs, bubbling mud pools and even experienced the Maori (Tribal) culture and traditions. We even did our share of watching New Zealand’s national bird, Kiwi and the living pre-historic fossil, the Tuatara, the World’s slowest growing and the longest living reptile. Then it was time to take a look at the other treasures that the city had to offer.

The
Bengali short story Achin Pakhi by Tapas Kiran
Roy is presented in Unicode Bangla font. Roy is writing for
a couple of years now and he has
been published across various online Bengali magazines including
Ichchamati, Joydhak, Diala Kochikancha, Banglalive, Tilottama Bangla,
Madhukari, Parabaas and our own WBRi Online Bengali Magazine. The author
can be reached at tkray1950 [at]
gmail [dot] com.

The
Bengali poem "Makorsha O Machi" (The Spider and the Fly) by Tapas Kiran
Roy is presented in Unicode Bangla font. Roy is writing for
a couple of years now and he has
been published across various online Bengali magazines including
Ichchamati, Joydhak, Diala Kochikancha, Banglalive, Tilottama Bangla,
Madhukari, Parabaas and our own WBRi Online Bengali Magazine. The author
can be reached at tkray1950 [at]
gmail [dot] com.

A professional photographer on the first wedding night spends entire time taking photographs of the bride, a computer system operator would waste time trying to find some faults and correct it and at the end sum up the story: it’s system failure. The bedtime joke made fascinating reading to Amalendu Dutta. Leaving aside the tiny joke book, he walked towards the window. It rained heavily all evening and the sky was still overcast and black rain-laden clouds drifted across the sky. He could feel the smell of mango wafted up in the air. Another summer has come; sultry summer. There is no running away from Kolkata’s summer, he wondered. “Diney machchi, ratey masha … ei niye Kolkata (Kolkata in summer time is never complete without flies in day time and mosquitoes in the night)

But he knew, some poor people would probably rejoice it more than the winter. Last winter was unexpectedly chilly killing scores of people in the city. People are born, grow up, marry and slowly die to get another birth, may be; may be not! Mere thought of the words ‘marriage’ and ‘marry’ some how has left Amalendu slightly puzzled more than disturbed. What’s this institution of marriage after all, he wondered staring outside towards the sky as if he was looking for a heavenly answer.

To Amalendu, however, the marriage essentially meant some adjustments here, some compromises there. Human life is most of the time a puppet whose strings are held in society’s mangled hands. The wedding knot is a proof of that. But still, wedding is essential part of one’s life. His bachelorhood is a proof in itself that things are not yet organized. His life is still directionless unlike most of his ‘married’ friends and colleagues – who have routine to follow; - time to move out of home, time to return. Time for their weekends, family picnics. It was not only Amalendu’s personal choice, even his parents have been insisting on him to settle for the wed lock.

Unknowingly, having thought these, he glanced at himself in the mirror. The problem was not about the need for the marriage. He has well reached that stage. The thought of marriage; and an imagination of a fair lady coming out from his bathroom in night gown would cast a magical aura around the room. The mood would turn festive.

Munising is Michigan Upper Peninsula’s best kept secret and its USP is certainly the Pictured Rocks and all other attractions that are listed under NPS’ Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. I woke up to a surprisingly warm morning on an early September day just to be awed by the magnificent sunrise on Lake Superior. Ours was a Lake facing room and the view was truly amazing. Later in the day, equipped by maps and brochures we set out for our much anticipated trip of the beautiful Lakeshore.

Torrential rain lashed our car window panes and windshield as we drove into DC. I was a bit depressed as whenever I thought of Washington DC, beautiful buildings, memorials, flags and monuments came to my mind .…not to miss out the grand Smithsonian museums and the chances looked bleak as the sky was overcast and it poured mercilessly. My prayers for a sunny next day continued and were answered as we woke up to a crisply cold morning next day. Our weekend trip to the capital city of the United States was like taking a walk through the past, present and the future of the country….a city that had loads of history to share.

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